Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni

Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is one of 154 members of the genus Stevia and it produces sweet steviol glycosides .It originated from Paraguay. The leaves were used as general sweetening agent. Seed germination in Stevia isgenerally very low and constituted major obstacle to large scale production of th...

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Main Authors:	Abdullateef, Raji Akintunde, Osman, Mohamad
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Published:	Canadian Center of Science and Education 2011
Subjects:	Q Science (General) S Agriculture (General) SB Plant culture
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spelling	iium-80262014-05-28T07:02:30Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8026/ Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni Abdullateef, Raji Akintunde Osman, Mohamad Q Science (General) S Agriculture (General) SB Plant culture Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is one of 154 members of the genus Stevia and it produces sweet steviol glycosides .It originated from Paraguay. The leaves were used as general sweetening agent. Seed germination in Stevia isgenerally very low and constituted major obstacle to large scale production of the crop. Different wavelengths from visible light were tested on germination of Stevia seeds. The two lights used were (i) white light - 400 to 700nm, and (ii) red light - 660nm. Parameters evaluated include (i) Mean time germination, (ii) mean daily germination, (iii) germination rate, (iv) daily germination speed and (v) germination value. Multivariate tests at probability level <.05 revealed that daily germination speed and number of germinated seeds were significantly higher at (< .001) and (< .014) respectively with the effect of red light on seed germination. Red light (660nm) had better influence on germination in Stevia seeds than white light (400-700nm) and control experiment. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8026/3/8026_-_2011_Lateef_%26_Mohamad_-_IJB.pdf Abdullateef, Raji Akintunde and Osman, Mohamad (2011) Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. International Journal of Biology, 3 (4). pp. 83-91. ISSN 1916-9671 (P), 1916-968X (O) http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijb/article/view/11244 10.5539/ijb.v3n4p83
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description	Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is one of 154 members of the genus Stevia and it produces sweet steviol glycosides .It originated from Paraguay. The leaves were used as general sweetening agent. Seed germination in Stevia isgenerally very low and constituted major obstacle to large scale production of the crop. Different wavelengths from visible light were tested on germination of Stevia seeds. The two lights used were (i) white light - 400 to 700nm, and (ii) red light - 660nm. Parameters evaluated include (i) Mean time germination, (ii) mean daily germination, (iii) germination rate, (iv) daily germination speed and (v) germination value. Multivariate tests at probability level <.05 revealed that daily germination speed and number of germinated seeds were significantly higher at (< .001) and (< .014) respectively with the effect of red light on seed germination. Red light (660nm) had better influence on germination in Stevia seeds than white light (400-700nm) and control experiment.
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author	Abdullateef, Raji Akintunde Osman, Mohamad
author_facet	Abdullateef, Raji Akintunde Osman, Mohamad
author_sort	Abdullateef, Raji Akintunde
title	Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
title_short	Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
title_full	Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
title_fullStr	Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
title_full_unstemmed	Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
title_sort	effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in stevia rebaudiana bertoni
publisher	Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate	2011
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Effects of visible light wavelengths on seed germinability in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni

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